Refugee groups say hundreds, and possibly thousands, of green card holders have been left behind.
Author: Lara Jakes
Stranded in Kabul, Afghanistan: A US Resident Runs Out of Options
Refugee groups say hundreds, and possibly thousands, of green card holders have been left behind.
98 Countries Pledge to Accept Afghans After US Military Departs
A joint statement from the United States and other countries said that they had “received assurances from the Taliban” that people with travel documents showing they were clear to enter any of those countries could safely depart.
US Diplomats Unlikely to Stay in Afghanistan After Troops Leave
The U.S. mission to Afghanistan will likely open in a country elsewhere in the region.
How Many People in Afghanistan Need to be Rescued? The Number Remains Elusive.
U.S. officials are reluctant to provide an estimate of the one number that matters most in their stream of evacuation updates.
How Many People in Afghanistan Need to be Rescued? The Number Remains Elusive.
U.S. officials are reluctant to provide an estimate of the one number that matters most in their stream of evacuation updates.
Women in Afghanistan Wait for US Protection, as Promised
Afghan women who worked with the U.S. or international groups are frantically erasing any trace of those links for fear that they will be targeted by the Taliban.
Blinken Says Taliban Moved Faster Than Expected, Defends Removal of Troops
The secretary of state forcefully defended the decision to withdraw the American military from Afghanistan, citing threats to the United States if it reneged on a peace deal.
Biden Orders 1,000 Additional Troops to Afghanistan.
President Biden had already committed to sending most of the troops that he announced on Saturday would be devoted to securing the evacuation, but he accelerated deploying 1,000 of them.
U.S. Asks Taliban to Spare Its Kabul Embassy in Coming Fight for Capital
The demand seeks to stave off an evacuation of the embassy by dangling aid to future Afghan governments — even one that includes the Taliban.